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Man Accused of Throwing Alcoholic Beverage Can at Car

An Allentown man is charged with criminal mischief, Hellertown Police said Monday, after he allegedly threw a can at another person’s car, damaged a car windshield, broke a cell phone and left the can in a parking lot.

An Allentown man is charged with criminal mischief, Hellertown Police said Monday, after he allegedly threw a can at another person’s car, damaged a car windshield, broke a cell phone and left the discarded can in a parking lot.

Police said in a news release that Daniel E. Barbosa, 24, was intoxicated when he allegedly threw the Four Loko can and committed the other damage at around 3:40 a.m. Aug. 31.

Four Loko is a brand of malt beverage that was once marketed as a type of energy drink.

Barbosa is also charged with public drunkenness and littering, according to the news release.

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According to court records, in late July Barbosa was charged with disorderly conduct in a separate case in Lower Saucon Township.

A preliminary hearing in that case had not yet been held as of Monday.

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